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January 13, 2018

It has been 50 years since Johnny Cash recorded his legendary live album. 'At Folsom Prison' boosted his then-flagging career and highlighted his efforts to reform the nation's penal system.

Johnny Cash takes a stand: looking back on his Folsom Prison performance

Johnny Cash takes a stand: looking back on his Folsom Prison performance

Chloe Veltman • Jan 13, 2018

It has been 50 years since Johnny Cash recorded his legendary live album. 'At Folsom Prison' boosted his then-flagging career and highlighted his efforts to reform the nation's penal system.

DJ Pick of the Week: The Wombats, 'Lemon To A Knife Fight'

DJ Pick of the Week: The Wombats, 'Lemon To A Knife Fight'

Mary Lucia • Jan 12, 2018

'Lemon To A Knife Fight', the latest from English indie rockers The Wombats, is an ode to finding yourself woefully unequipped in an argument, and had Mary Lucia at hello.

Rogue Valley heading to Worthington and Austin for winter residencies

Rogue Valley heading to Worthington and Austin for winter residencies

Jeyca Maldonado-Medina • Jan 12, 2018

Rogue Valley will be leaving the metro area and doing residencies in Worthington and Austin. The band are going beyond just playing shows in these towns. They’re also going to be working on spending time with the community, focusing on students. Chris Koza, the band’s frontman, sees these residencies as a way to invest time…

Coffee Break: Specific ages

Coffee Break: Specific ages

Anna Reed • Jan 12, 2018

Nichole wrote in with a great idea for today's theme - songs that mention a specific age. What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Pop-up Club Nomadic at Mystic Lake called off; concerts will move indoors

Pop-up Club Nomadic at Mystic Lake called off; concerts will move indoors

Jay Gabler • Jan 12, 2018

Club Nomadic, a pop-up club scheduled to be constructed outside Mystic Lake for concerts timed to coincide with the upcoming Super Bowl, has been canceled. Shows by the Chainsmokers, Kygo, Florida Georgia Line, and Gwen Stefani will move to concert spaces inside the casino. “We are disappointed to have to make the decision to cancel…

Today in Music History: Remembering Cynthia Robinson on her birthday

Today in Music History: Remembering Cynthia Robinson on her birthday

Jan 12, 2018

Today in Music History: Cynthia Robinson of Sly and The Family Stone was born, Alice Cooper released his third album, The Police had their first rehearsal, Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees died, and Al Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Review and photos: Tennis and Overcoats heat up the Fine Line Music Cafe on a snowy night

Review and photos: Tennis and Overcoats heat up the Fine Line Music Cafe on a snowy night

Maia Jacobson • Jan 12, 2018

Despite all the snow yesterday, the Fine Line Music Cafe filled up for two separate duos: husband-and-wife headliners Tennis, and best friends Overcoats in support. The crowd was full of familiar faces from past Tennis and Overcoats shows in Minneapolis; just last March, the same bill played the Triple Rock Social Club. Neither band was…

Friday Five: Nick Jordan, Lena Elizabeth, and more perform on Pony Rug

Friday Five: Nick Jordan, Lena Elizabeth, and more perform on Pony Rug

Cecilia Johnson • Jan 12, 2018

Happy Friday on this crisp, sunny day! If you’ve been following this feature throughout the past year, you’ll have seen a Pony Rug video pop up about every week or two. But this week, I wanted to highlight a whole stack of work from this series, which really seems to have come into its own lately.…

Album of the Week: tUnE-yArDs, 'I can feel you creep into my private life'

Album of the Week: tUnE-yArDs, 'I can feel you creep into my private life'

Jade • Jan 12, 2018

If Merrill Garbus is a painter she's a surrealist like Dali, with sounds dripping, warping and in places that shouldn't fit, but somehow tell a more interesting story because of the strange juxtaposition. And if she's a baker, she's making croissants; a painstaking process of bending, folding, and layering - over and over.

Music News: Motorhead's Fast Eddie Clarke dies at 67

Music News: Motorhead's Fast Eddie Clarke dies at 67

Jay Gabler • Jan 11, 2018

Today's top music news stories include the death of Fast Eddie Clarke, a tinnitus diagnosis for Eric Clapton, and plans for a Sleater-Kinney TV show.

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